Background
Dyke was the son of Sir Thomas Dyke and his wife Catharine Bramstone, daughter of Sir John Bramstone, of Skreenes, Essex.
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Thomas Dyke
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He was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford.
Career
He entered Middle Temple in 1667 and later travelled abroad. He lived at Horeham, in Sussex and was created a baronet, of Horeham in the County of Sussex, on 3 March 1677. From 1677 to 1679 he was a commissioner for assessment in Sussex.
During this period, as a high church Anglican, he was in disagreement with King James II, which caused an interruption to his term as Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant.
In 1689 he was elected Member of Parliament for East Grinstead and held the seat until 1698. He was commissioner of Public Accounts in 1696.
Dyke died aged 56. Dyke married Philadelphia Nutt, the daughter of Thomas Nutt, of Selmeston, Sussex.
Membership
Dyke was elected Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Sussex in 1685 and held the seat until 1689.
